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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that Florida should receive the bulk of the rain this week as the tropics continue to be active. They will see showers from the outskirts of Tropical Storm Gamma and other rain-makers which should stay off the coast of the rest of the Southeast. Those of us who are…
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Growing Georgia published an article from the Georgia Farm Bureau which provided a good and extensive look at the impacts that extreme weather and drought have had on Georgia crops this year. They also discuss what producers are watching as they harvest their crops. You can read it at https://georgia.growingamerica.com/news/2020/10/challenges-loom-harvest-season-commences.
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The UGA Weather Network got a nice mention by Walter Reeves, the Georgia Gardener, in his weekly newsletter a few days ago. In one of his short articles he says that if you are thinking about planting fall bulbs, you should wait until the nighttime temperatures are consistently below 60 F. The best place to…
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Another month has come and gone and so today we will look at the preliminary climate summary for September 2020. The maps from the High Plains Regional Climate Center show that average temperatures were near to slightly above normal across most of the region. If you break it down into maximum and minimum temperatures, you…
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Deke Arndt of the National Centers for Environmental Information posted a map today which shows the 5-year average temperature ranking by county (September 2015 to August 2020) for the continental US. It shows that for large parts of the country including most of the Southeast, this has been the warmest 5-year temperature since records began…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released their updated outlook for October this week. It shows that most of the Southeast is now leaning towards cooler and drier conditions than normal. The Florida peninsula is the only area that is expected to be warmer and wetter than normal. This is weighted mainly towards the first half of…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that areas of abnormally dry (D0) conditions generally continue to get smaller across the region. One area of a new introduction is along the western border of Alabama, where a small area of D0 was added this week. For most of the region next week should be quite…
Posted in: Drought